EU is pushing for interoperability of messengers apps, so there is a potential of disruption in this area. I am not saying that Whatsapp is toast, I just assume if interoperability is implemented, some companies would be highly motivated to bite into Meta's user base, right when Meta would have to think about some unsexy Whatsapp monetization.
It's baffling that Google and apple between them don't run messaging. Almost all of the messages are sent from their devices.
Them not getting together to just fix this issue universally is stupid. Apple is naturally secretive (and profit from status-quo) and non cooperative and google is just a bunch unplanned running around.
Talk to your friends and family about matrix.org, setup a whatsapp bridge for the laggards.
Signal is a more realistic compromise.
Yeah but how much advertising revenue does WhatsApp bring in?
So have the telecom companies. We don't need to downlevel the quality of the site because of it.
Whatsapp is really deeply embedded in business in Latin America and it's deeply concerning to me. It was already reading your conversations. At best, it's going to start serving ads soon.
How is WhatsApp embedded in business?
Businesses literally don't have phone numbers that can text or email addresses, but do have WhatsApp. If there was no WhatsApp, the main form of text communication that they use would be gone.